Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York, Band 111881 |
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American Geographical Society Ammen Arabs Atlantic Atrato Bay of Panama Bayano river Bedouins boat called camels century Chagres Chagres river Charles Chickering Hall Chief Justice DALY coast Commander Selfridge construction cost cubic yard depth desert distance Dost Mahomed Khan earth earthquakes engineers English estimates excavation feet Greytown harbor Hayes river Henry Indian interoceanic canal interoceanic ship canal isthmus James John Judge DALY lake Lake Nicaragua length Lesseps Lieut locks London Mandinga MENOCAL miles moose mountain mouth navigation Nicaragua canal Nicaragua route ocean officers Pacific side Panama route pass port present President proposed Ptolemy railroad region river rock sailing San Blas route San Juan sand Selfridge SHELBOURNE Shere Ali shore steamer Suez canal survey Tehuantepec tide tion tunnel U. S. Navy vessels vols William Wyse York
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Seite viii - ... affairs, shall have power to form a code of by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, which code, when formed and adopted at a regular meeting, shall, until modified or rescinded, be equally binding as this act upon the said Society, its officers, and its members.
Seite 96 - Phew!' And a long low whistle blew. 'Come now, really that's the oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East! You do? Why, I bring the East to you! All the Orient, all Cathay, Find through me the shortest way; And the sun you follow here Rises in my hemisphere. Really, - if one must be rude, Length, my friend, ain't longitude.
Seite viii - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Seite xv - VicePresidents, or, in their absence, a Chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society.
Seite 72 - ... pressure and energy, using the bare hands, dry flannels or handkerchiefs, and continuing the friction under the blankets or over the dry clothing. The warmth of the body can also be promoted by the application of hot flannels to the stomach and armpits...
Seite 181 - The geographical position of Constantinople is such as rendered her the queen of the ancient world. Occupying, as she does, the central point between Europe, Asia, and Africa, she could become the entrepot of the commerce of all these countries, and obtain over them an immense preponderance ; for in politics, as in strategy, a central position always commands the circumference.
Seite xv - The President, or (in his absence) one of the Vice-Presidents, or (in the absence of all of them) one of the members shall preside at all meetings of the Association. The President shall be ex officio a member of the Executive Committee.
Seite 72 - ... then turn the patient a second time on the stomach, as directed in Rule II., rolling the body in the opposite direction from that in which it was first turned for the purpose of freeing the air passage from any remaining water.
Seite 72 - ... hours, it sometimes occurs that the patient is seized with great difficulty of breathing, and death is liable to follow unless immediate relief is afforded. In such cases apply a large mustard plaster over the breast. If the patient gasps for breath...
Seite xii - Fellows of the Society. 5. The fiscal year of the Society shall, for all purposes, be the calendar year ; that is, commence on the first day of January and end with the 31st day of December in each year.